The gender effect: a case study in the culture of a rural Northern California community college

This study is about gendered culture and perceived discrimination in a rural\ud community college. The purpose of this study is to identify if women faculty at rural\ud community college in California, whose length of experience span over thirty years of\ud community college history. Did these women experience similarities in hiring processes,\ud were they placed on the tenure track, and was academic freedom part of their\ud community college culture? Lastly, did women perceive a level of respect from male\ud colleagues of equal education, and was there perceived equality among faculty genders,\ud and did women feel they had to super-perform their duties in order to be considered\ud equal to male colleagues? This study used an open-ended questionnaire and most of the\ud female faculty members interviewed had or have worked at the college for over fifteen\ud years. The history of community colleges, as well as females entering the community college workforce as faculty, the glass ceiling effect, and tenure and academic freedom\ud are explored.CSU, Chic